Cap making and packaging machine.



E. NORDSTROM.

CAP MAKING AND PACKAGING MACHINE.

APPLlCATlON HLED FEB.'9.1916.

1,283,273.. Patented Oct. 29, 1918.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9.1916.

Patented Oct. 29, 1918.

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MAKlNG CAP AND PACKAGING MACHINE.

APPLICAT FILED FEB.9. 191E.

Patented Out. 2S), 1916.

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CAP M-AIMNG AND PACKAGING MACHINE IAPPLFCATION FILED H8. 9. 1915.

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E. NORDSTROM.

CAP MAKING AND PACKAGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. 1916.

1,283,273. Patented Oct. 29, 1918.

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CAP MAKING AND PACKAGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. 1916.

1,283,273. A Patented 001;. 29, 1918.

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E. NORDSTROM. CAP MAKING AND PACKAGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9,1916.

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ELOF NOBDSTBOM, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN DAN STOPPEE COMPANY, OF BBIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A. CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

CAP MAKING AND PACKAGING MACHINE.

1,283,223. Specification of Letters Patent Patented Oct. 22, 1212. Application filed February 9, 1916. Serial No. 77,192.

To all whom it may concern: Fig. 13 is a part vertical section and part ,Be it known that I, ELOF Nonos'rnolvi, a .side elevation of the tape feeding and blank citizen of the .United States, residing at cutting mechanism; Newark, in the county of Essex and State of Fig. 14 is a sectional view of the insert- New Jersey, have invented certain new and charging mechanism, parts being shown in so useful Improvements in Gap Making and elevation, Packaging Machines, of which the follow- In the preferred embodiment of my invening is a full and clear specification. tion shown on the drawings, the posts 1, This invention relates to a machine which serve to mount a' bed plate 2, said bed plate successively and continuously'makes bottle being providedwith lateral flanges 3, and 65 caps and charges them into holders for shipwith corner pads 4, which surmount the corment to any point at which they may be nor posts 1. At one end of the bed plate 2, used. One of the objects of the present ina frame or bracket 5 projects upwardly and vention is to provide an improved packaging has a 90 bend therein to provide forwardly device for shipping caps from apo'int where crtending portions 6 as shown in Fig. 3.'70 they are manufactured to a point where they Said portions 6 unite in a laterally projectare to be used, said device being adapted to ing plate or portion 7 which is joined to the be charged automatically on a mchine for upper end of a side bracket or standard 8 that purpose and to'feed caps automatically which is secured at its lower end to one o toa machine which applies them to bottles. the side flanges 3 of the bed plate 2. As 75 Another object is to provide improved means shown in Fig. 2, a pair of spaced lugs 9 dofor charging these packaging devices and pend from the bed plate 2 and are suitably furthermore contemplates in connection arranged to have the base flangelO of a therewith means for automatically conbracket 11 secured thereto. Said bracket structingthe caps and delivering them there together with another similar one (not so from to the charging means. Another object shown) at the other rear end of the machine is to provide an improved machine embodyserves to journal a shaft 12 which extends ing cap-shaping dies which move in succeslongitudinally of. the machine. Said shaft sion from cap forming position into posihas keyed thereto a beveled gear 13 which I tions for discharging the caps into the holdmeshes with a beveled pinion 14, said pin- 85 ers. Other and further objects will. appear ion being keyed to ,a power shaft 15 which in the specification and be pointed out in the carries a belt driven wheel 16. Keyed to appended claims, reference being bad to the the rear end of the shaft 12 is an eccentric accompanying drawings in which: 17 which carries a'strap 18 connected by a Figure 1 is a side elevation of the prerod 19 with a lever 20, said lever, as shown 90 ferred embodiment of my invention, parts in Fig. 3, being keyed to a vertical shaft 21 being broken away and parts shown in seojournaled in suitable bearings carried y tion; rigid portions of the main frame of the ma- Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, chine. An arm 22 (see Fig. 3) is pivotally parts being broken away; connected at 23 with one end of a connect- 95 Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same, the ing rod 24, the other end of said rod being cork insert holding hopper being removed; pivotally connected at 25 with an arm Fig. 4 is a fragmentary lan view on an of .a bell-crank lever, the other arm 27 0 enlarged scale, parts being roken'away; which is connected to a reoiprocatory ro Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section on the line which drives a device hereinafter referred me V-V, Fig. 4, a fragmentary portion of the to for feeding a metal tape 29 indicated in rotary table being shown in side elevation dot and dash lines on Fig. 1, a supply of but broken away and shown in section adjasuch tape being preferably in the form of a cent the cap-holder; roll 30 carried by a spindle 31 journaled in Fig. 6 1s a fragmentary section across the the bracket 5. As the tape 29 is fed forlong diagonal of one of the tubular holders, wardly, suitable 'means are operated to cut the plunger being shown in elevation; blanks therefrom for forming the metallic Figs. 7 to'12 inclusive ar' diagrams illusportions of the caps. Keyed to the shaft trating the successive operations of the ma- 12 as shown in Fig. 1 is a cam block 32 hav- 55 chine; ing cam grooves 33 and 34 provided in its peripheral wall. Journaled on a in 35. isa 60 for cork inserts 'is provided with suitable be -crank lever 36, the downwar ly extendmechanism (not shown) which feeds said ing arm thereof being provided with a cam inserts to a tube 61 (see Figs. 1 and 14), said roller running in the cam groove 33 while tube being adapted to convey the inserts to 5 the forwardly extending arm thereof is a reciprocating slide 62 which is operated 7U pivotally connected to a vertical rod 37. y a connecting rod 63 .which is in turn with a cam roller running in the cam groove t erefore operated by the eccentric 17 34. The forwardly extending arm of this through its strap 18. The slide 62 places 75 bell crank is connected at 39 -to a vertical the cork inserts 151 one by one into the path rod 40 disposed immediately behind the rod 0 a reciprocating plunger 153 which forces '37 according to Fig. 1. e u per ends of the inserts down into the caps within the therods 37 and 40 are connecte respectively successive dies carried by the rotary table 15 to lever arms 41 and 42, the former being 71. Said plunger 153 is driven by a crank 80 rigid with an alongated hub journaled on a arm 155 keyed to the shaft 49 which is pin 43' and carrying forwardlv extending oscillated by. the lever arm 42 operated arms 44 which interengage with a spool 45 by cam lever 38 (see Figs. 1 and 3). A

on the upper end of the blank cutting pluncrank arm which is also keyed to the 20 ger 142 similar to that shown and described shaft 21 is connected at 66 with a con 35 in my co-pending application, Ser. No. necting rod 67, said rod 67 being connected 48,210, filed August 31, 1915. Also similar at 68 by a housing 69 which oscillates about to that shown in the above mentioned apthe axis 70 of the rotary table 71. A pawl plication is the cap shaping device which in- 2 which is pivotally mounted at 73 within 25 eludes the plunger 46 provided with a spool said housing 69 is adapted to engage a I 50 the blank in the die 150.

which interengages the forwardly exratchet 74 which is rigidly secured to the tending arms 48 which are oscillated about rotary table 71. The teeth of said ratchet the pin 49 by the movement of the lever are suitably spaced to coiiperate with the arm 42. pawl 72 in rotating the table 71 a distance 30 The'spool 45 carries a plate 144 which reequal to the space between two adjacent cap clprocates a knife 145 cutting off the unused shaping dies carried by said table, at each remnant of the ribbon or tape 130 after each stroke of the rod 67. Ca shaping dies 75 operatlon. Said ribbon or tape is fed forare arranged on the table 71 and adapted to 1 wardly by reciprocable gripper blades 131 convey caps'from the position in which they 35 which are pivotally connected at 132 to a are formed into suitable positions to be inbell crank lever 133 pivotally mounted by a serted into cap holders or shipping tubes to pin 134 in reciprocable slides 135 which'are be presently described. Referring more yieldably hel by interposed springs 136 partlcularly to Figs. 4, 5, and 6, it will be within the guideways 137 as. explained in observed that the forward end of the bed 40 my above identified application. A reciproplate 2 serves to mount an arcuate standard ca tory rod 28 pivoted to a member 139 transor bracket 76 provided with an overhanging mlts an oscillatory movement to a pin 140 arcuate flange 77 in which are formed a to rock"the bell or "nk lever 133 immediately plurality of openings or sockets 78 for the efore each endwise movement of the gripreception of suitable ca holding tubes 102, 45 pers 131. Theribbon or tape feeds through 103, 104, 105, and 106. As shown best in Fig. a slotted block r141,the blanks being stamped 5, each socket" 78 is provided with suitable t erefrom by plunger 142. lunger 46 springs or supports 80 secured to the upper WhlCh is provided with an enlarged lower surfaces of the flange 77 and depending into end 147 next moves downwardly to shape the holes or sockets 78. raid springs or supports are provided with hooks or projecconnecting rod 50 having its lower end tions 81 or carrying said tubes 102, 103, connected at 51to' the forwardly presented 104, 105, 106 at a suitable distance above arm of the bell-crank 38, is connected at 52 the rotary table 71 which rotates in the rewith a lever 53 which oscillates about the cess 82 formed in the bracket 76. As shown 7 5 5 axis of a hub 54. Said lever 53 is provided best in Figs. 4 and 5, a plurality of bifur- Wlt a forward arm 55 and a depending arm cated studs 83' are threaded into the bed- 56 which is connected to the upwardly preplate 2 and serve to pivotally mount a sented arm 57 of a lever pivoted at 58 and plurality of cam levers 84, 85, 86, 87, and a so provided with a forwardly presented 88. s shown best in Fig. 5 each of these i60 arm 59. The arms 55 and 59 respectively cam levers carries suitable cam rolls 89 J25 operate oppositely arranged slides which which are successively engaged by cam arms 7 carry suitable dies for stamping legends and 90, 91, 92, 93, and 94, which are keyed to a corrugations on the metal caps in a manner cam shaft 95. Cam shaft 95 carrles a large substantially similar to that polnt'ed out in beveled ear 96-wh1ch meshes with a beveled 65 my above referred to application. A hopper pinion 9 on the forward end of the longiwhile at the same time a new cap After the table against movement,

tudinal shaft 12. Each of the cam levers 84, to 88 inclusive are provided at their free ends with rounded protuberances 98 which are adapted to engage the flanges 99 on the lower ends of the plungers 100, said plungers being reciprocably mounted in spaced annular flanges 101 carried byv the bracket or standard 76. It will be understood from this description that as theformed caps are placed into the tubes 102 to 106, said caps are displaced upwardly from the cap shaping dies into said tubes, the springs 81 serving to permit the movement of said caps into the tubes but preventing them from following the plunger downwardly at its return stroke- Preferably this operation is carrie out in the order indicated diagrammatically in Figs 7 to 12 inclusive. ihus in Fig. 7, the table 71.is shown to carry caps 107, 108, 109, 110,111,112,113,114,'and 115. This figure furthermore shows cap 107 has reached a position in register wlth the cap holding tube 104. in the same position while the middle 'plunger 100 is elevated to force the cap 107 into tube 104. Table 71 is now moved by the pawl 72 and ratchet 7 4 into position to bring the cap 108 under the tube 104. While in this position however, the cap 109 is displaced into the tube 103. At the same time arr-additional cap 116 has been formed in the first unoccupie die. As shown in Fig. 10' the table is moved again to bring 108 under the cap 111 is cap 111 is brought under tube 102. Sand then elevated into the tube 102 117 v has next unoccupied die. has been. rotated into the position shown in Fig. 11 in which the cap 108 is brought under tube 106, said cap 108 is been formed in the 118 has been formed in t next unoccupied die. The table is now moved into the position shown in Fig. 12 which the cap 110 has been brought under the tube 105, said cap being displaced into said tube and a new cap 119 formed in the next unoccupied die. 'It will be seen therefore that duringthese successive operations, caps are forced into the tubes in the following order, namely, 104, 103, 102, 106,105, 104, etc. From an inspection ofthese diagrams it will be seen tion between these tubes is uniform while at the same time no cap is allowed to pass all of the tubes without being forced intoone of them. .In order to hold the table during these -cap displacing operations the cam 120 (see Fig. 1) is keyed to the shaft 12 and serves to engage a cam roller 121 carried 'by a vertical rebar 122 wh'ch engages an arm 124 which is time a new cap ciprocating 123 for oscillating a lock bar tube 105 in which position the.

elevated into the tube 106 while at the same yieldably forced into engagement with suitable notches in the periphery of the table 71.

I claim;

1. In a machine of the character described, a plurality of cap-stacking receptacles arranged in a series, cap-forming means including dies suitably mounted to successively register with said receptacles, and means for displacing caps into said receptacles.

2. In a machine of the character described,

' a plurality of cap-stacking receptacles arranged in a series, cap-forming means including dies suitably mountedto succesregister with said receptacles, and" sively means for displacing caps from the respective dies into different receptacles. I

3. Ina machine of the character described, a rotary table provided with cap-forming dies, cap-stacking receptacles, means for mounting said receptacles in position to be traversed by said dies, and means for displacing caps from said dies into said receptacles.

4. In a machine of the character described, a plurality of cap-stacking receptacles arranged in a series, cap-displacing means cooperatively arranged. with respect to each of said receptacles,'cap-forming means including a die mova le into and out of registry with each of said receptacles, an means for separately operating each of sai cap-displacing means.

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a movable table provided with cap-forming dies, of means cooperating with said dies' to form caps, a plurality of cap-holders arranged to'have dies on sai table brought intoregistry therewith, and means for moving caps from saiddies in predetermined order into different cap-holders.

6. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a movable table provided with cap-forming dies, of meanscooperating with said dies plurality of cap-holders arranged to have 'd table brought into registry for moving caps from said cap-movsuccessive 7. In a machine of the character described, a cap-forming member, a plurality of sockets for cap-holders, cap-holders separately and removably mounted in said sockets, a rotary table provided with a plurality of ca -forming me bers adapted to cooperate successively with the first mentione cap-forming member, said table being journaled upon an axis suitably disposed to cap forming members .carried thereby into register with said cap-holders, .said cap-forming members 'on the table beto form caps, a.

v ings, and separately actuated means for frcon said rotary table provided with openings through which caps ing adapted to carry caps, and means for dis- 11. In placing caps from the cap-forming members into said cap-holders. fixed 8. In a machine of the character described, cap-shaping dies suitably. a bracket or support provided with a plurality of sockets therein, cap-holdersremovably kets, said holders being said cap-holders and adapted to move caps from said dies into said cap-holders.

12. In a ceding caps into reglster with said openscribed, aseries of cap-holders arranged on fixed axes, cap forming mg successive caps into different holders.

In a machine of the character described,

cap-holders supportlng means, cap-holders 1 removably mounted thereon, said supportcap-holders and adapted to move caps from ing means being provided with openi said dies into said cap-holders, and means through which caps may be charged into for actuating said plungers at different said holders, areciprocable lungerfor forctimes. ing caps into each of said ho ders, and means 13. In a machine of the character defor ee ing caps into positions between said scribed, a series of cap-holders arranged on holders and the respective plungers correfixe axes, capforming means including sponding thereto. e cap-shaping dies suitably mounted to move 10. In a machine of the character deinto respective coaxial alinement with said scribed, cap-holders supporting means, ca cap-holders, plungers respectively arranged holders removably mounted thereon, said coaxial with saidcap-holders. and adapted supporting means being provided with opento move caps from said dies into said cap-- ings through which caps may be charged holders, and means for actuating said pluninto said holders, a reclprocable plunger for gers at difl'erent times, saidfcap-shaping orcing caps into each of said ho ders, and dies being provided with means for ch'an means for feeding caps mto positions being their positions after the actuation of the respective plungers corresponding thereto, said machine be ing provided with means for operating said plungers separately in predetermined order.

each of said plungers,

' ELOF NORDSTROM.

machine of the character de scribed, a series of cap-holders arranged on 

